Our members have written and presented these pieces to tell the congregation what they believe. We don’t all believe the same things, but these presentations can be illuminating as to the values and character of our fellow congregants, and make us re-think what we believe.
Final Arrangements Judith Schoolman This I Believe, 2013, and Yom Kippur 2014 I believe people should make arrangements for their “final rest” before they die and not leave everything…
Janice Eidus This I Believe, 2014 When I take the elevator downstairs to check my mail or pick up a package at the front desk, I slip my Kindle…
Isabel Kaplan This I Believe, 2014 When your children leave home, you better have some meaningful people and activities in your life to fill the vacuum that their absence…
Carole Mehlman This I Believe, 2014 When Carol asked me to do this at first all I could come up with were one-sentence answers. Then, while working in my…
Susan Ryan This I Believe, 2014 How often do people get a second chance? From the time you’re small, you’re always being told “there are no second chances,” and…
Michael Otterman (This I Believe, 2014) The air was crisp, cold, and though it was only 3:30 PM, the late afternoon sun cast long shadows off the spindly trees that…
Jim Ryan This I Believe, 2013 Some of the other folks up here tonight are likely to be discussing that moment of epiphany where a concept came into being,…
Jim Kurtz (This I Believe, 2013) The minute I replied to Carol’s e-mail I wanted to take it back. I am hardly eloquent nor am I a philosopher, and am…
Trudy Elins This I Believe, 2011 When I look back on my childhood memories so many that are the most crystalline, or the most comforting, are memories where at…
